Check-book.



P. S. BULLES.

CHECK BOOK.

APPucATxoN FILED Nov. 5.1915.

Patented Sept.l 12, 1916.

PERCY S. BULLES, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

CHECK-BOOK.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, PERcY S. BoLLEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort l/Vorth, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful lmprovements in Check-Books, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to check pads or books and mo-re particularly to pads which may be carried in the pocket without folding the blank checks; and the object is to provide check books or pads which can be carried in the pocket or other close place without folding the blank checks and to provide pads of blanks with backs for the protection of the blank checks. Other objects and advantages will be more fully explained in the following description and the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of this application.

Figure l is a perspective view of a pad of blank checks with the cover closed thereon.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same,

with the cover and stubs opened for writing a check. Fig. 3 is a perspective view with the cover opened and the stub blanks folded down on the check blanks for making an entry on the stub.

Similar characters of reference are used to indicate the same parts throughout the several views.

rlFhe blanks are arranged in pads which are provided with a back l and a foldable cover 2. IThe blanks 3 are arranged to lie flat with the back 1 as a support and protector and not to be folded. rllhe cover 3 is connected to the back 1 by a foldable or flexible connection 7 which may be bent or folded as often as desirable without breaking. 'lhe blanks 3 are provided with record blanks 4l. The record blanks 4; may be continuations of the paper which forms the blanks, but the particular record blank on which the memorandum is being made will not be of the same piece of paper as the check to be written unless it should be that the middle blank and the middle record blank would be reached at the same time.

Specification of Letters Patent. Pmntdl Spt, jl?, 19163,

Application filed November 5, 1915.

Serial No. 59,708.

The record blanks are provided with conventional indications which are on the reverse side from the indications on the blank checks. Lines of perforations 5 are provided so that the check members can be detached from the record blanks. The perforations 5 are made adjacent to the foldable part of the back so that the stubs can fold on the blank checks, as shown in Fig. 3. The record blanks l are attached to the part 2 of the'back at the points in close proximity to the line of perforations 5 by means of staples 6, but it is apparent that the record blanks may be stitched to the cover 2. The folding is in the line of perforations and record blanks are attached close to the line of perforations so that the outer ends of the record blanks are free and can be turned back against the cover 2 for filling and detaching the checks. The record blanks and the front cover and the back cover hold the check blanks in flat position so that in writing a check the surface will be flat and not creased by folding.- rlhe whole makes a pad in compact form which is short enough to carry in the pocket and the pad can be made with practically no more cost than the ordinary block of blank checks.

What l claim, is,-

1. A check book or pad comprising a front cover anda back cover provided with a flexible connection, a plurality of sheets permanently attached to said front cover in close proximity to said connection and perforated transversely along the line of said connection, each sheet forming a blank for a record and a blank for a check, the portions of said sheets to the right of said perforations forming blanks for checks having indications printed on the faces thereof and the portions of said sheets to the left of said perforations forming record blanks having indications printed on the faces thereof but on the reverse sides of the sheets from the indications on said check blanks.

2. A check book or pad having a front cover and a back cover provided with a flexible connection, a plurality of sheets lying on said back cover and extending partly on said front cover, each sheet forming a blank for a record and a b1ank for a check, staples for drawing cheeks and the parts of said attaching said sheets to said front cover in sheets to the left of said perforations forinolose proximity to said connection, said ing blanks for records. 10 sheets being perforated transversely thereof In testimony whereof I set my hand this and along aline over the central part of said 30th day of April, 1915.

connection, the parts of said sheets to the right of said perforations forming blanks PERCY S. BOLLES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C. 

